Need advice on setting up RAID.

I just purchased a Mac Burly 4 Bay Hard Drive Array with 4 ST31500341AS - Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1500 GB SATAII 32 MB cache Drives. I will be using this array to store HD 1080i HD video. I am working on a Mac Pro I just installed a LYCeSATA PCI Card to connect the Mac Burly. I need some advice on what the best possible RAID set up would be for me, back up is important.

Hi,
I've the same machine and have a pair of samsung 64GB SSD's striped as a boot disk.
Originally I had them in the optical drive bay using a kit from maxupgrades.com, it worked like a charm. I decided to change that as I wasn't using all four drives and bought the icy dock carrier to place each drive in their own sled (still striped though) and I've two velociraptors in the other two drives.
I bought the maxupgrades kit for around the $40 mark and had to get it shipped to the UK. I sold it recently on ebay here in the UK and got £1 for it!!
As for the MAXPower eSATA 6G controller card, I've one of those hooked up to my Lacie 4big Quadra external RAID.
Funny thing with this is with my previous 3big triple usingFireWire 800 all I had to do was power the 3big up and the volumes would mount on the desktop.
With the 4big RAID using eSATA when I power up the drive nothing happens. You have to actively disconnect either the eSATA cable at the back of the RAID or at the card then reconnect it thereupon the drives mount on the desktop.
I've rambled on a bit but I hope I may have helped a little.

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Hi hassiman, any exploits will come in the form of users downloading suspect pieces of software like browser add-ons and extensions, device drivers and non-trusted apps.
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Need advice in setting up a portable external hard drive

Since I travel and am away from home for 4-6 months of the year, I would like to to set up an external drive which I can carry with me and will hopefully contain everything I could possibly need to back up and troubleshoot the iBook while away from home. Toward that end, I have purchased a registered copy of Super Duper, a 250 GB Western Digital notebook drive, and a firewire enclosure from OWC with the Oxford 911+. I have also read the X Lab's Backup and Recovery FAQs and a number of discussion threads. But I have never done anything like this before, and would welcome any advice I could get on specifically how to set up and partition the drive in the best possible way.
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Thanks to both of you for your responses!
It sounds like there may be a consensus on making one partition the size of the iBook's internal hard drive, but I am still not at all certain whether the rest of the drive should be one partition or more than one partition. I probably didn't make myself very clear when I posed the question because I'm not sure I know enough to ask an intelligent question. But I think I need to ask a lot of questions because there is so much that I don't know.
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I don't really want to carry the originals around--I'd rather leave them at home locked up in my fire proof safe. I could burn copies to CD's and DVD's, but that would result in a pretty big pile of discs to carry around. Also, sometimes the CD's and DVD's just turn into little gold frisbees over time, and I would hate to need one and find out it had gone south and was unusable. So I had the idea of incorporating everything onto the external hard drive so that if it came to it, I could even do an erase and install.
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Hello,
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var categoryObj:Object={};
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(Sorry if this post goes up twice... the first one seems to have just disappeared on me so I modified it and reposted.)

there is no big problem with the main house, but the shop and guest house being 300 feet away is a problem, first its past the manium distance for a cable run for eathernet which is a max of 100 meters,
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Hello everybody! I have run into a small dilemma regarding general networking, and thought this forum to be the most fitting for such questions.
In a couple of months, I shall be moving into a new apartment. Inside this apartment, there will be four wireless-capable units; two Macbooks with 802.11n, an iPod Touch with 802.11g, and a Nintendo Wii with 802.11g. As for the router, I have one Airport Extreme and one Airport Express, both with 802.11n. Now, for the dilemma;
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If the range of all your wireless devices will not be an issue, I suggest that you configure your base station as a "Dual Band" network even though both are 802.11n devices. To do so, you would need to connect the 802.11n AirPort Express Base Station (AXn) to the 802.11n AirPort Extreme Base Station (AEBSn) via Ethernet, and then, reconfigure the AXn as a bridge and in either the 802.11n (b/g compatible) or 802.11g only radio mode. Have your non-"n" clients connecting to the AXn and the others to the AEBSn without loss of bandwidth performance.
Setting up a "dual band" network is described in the Designing AirPort Networks Using the AirPort Utility document, starting on page 48.

Need Advice on Setting up a iPod Touch for a Child

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Hi
The school I work with has purchased 15 iPads and currently runs 6 macs. As I understand it there are limitations to the number of devices (both mac and iPad included) you can tie to one apple id.
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The iPads are to be used as an educational tool for the students and will be completely locked down in terms of web / youtube twitter access.
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PDF: http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_Apple_Configurator_Mar12.pdf
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Association of Associated Devices is subject to the following terms:
i) You may auto-download iTunes Auto-Delivery Content or download previously-purchased iTunes Eligible Content from an Account on up to 10 Associated Devices, provided no more than 5 are iTunes-authorized computers.
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Hope this helps!
~Joe

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What am I doing wrong? Do I need to install the controller drives via floppy drive? Bad thing is I don't have a floppy drive, but I can buy one. Is there any way to install the controller with out the floppy? Can it be done via USB?
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Never mind, I wasn't pressure Ctrl I correctly

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Thanks for the speedy feedback Harm - I appreciate it.
I was thinking RAID level 3 as well.
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My plans are for a 128GB SSD boot drive installed in one of the PCIe slots and then to load up all 4 of the 3.5" drive bays with WD Green hard drives. I have also ordered 4GB of replacement RAM, so upon removal of the faulty unit I will have 7GB.
PCIe cards that use or support SSD are not bootable until you get to 2008 (and that is limited too).
Green are not suited for any form of array unless say NAS and WD RED. Better option would be 3 x 2TB WD Blacks in a mirror, and too many people only use two drives, well 3 is much easier safer and works better. Might want to invest in www.SoftRAID.com product even.
Best price and quality, got my 1,1 with 8 x 2GB (ideal is 4 or 8 DIMMs)
2x2GB FBDIMM DDR2 667MHz @ $25
http://www.amazon.com/BUFFERED-PC2-5300-FB-DIMM-APPLE-Memory/dp/B002ORUUAC/
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http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=651
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Quote from: Kniwor on 14-January-07, 23:02:50
thanks, I downloaded the user manual and got it there too, thanks anyway.
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Hi there
I have a macbook pro that switches off randomly (happens sometimes when i move/transport it), and sometimes it only turns on when plugged in. When not plugged in and i press the power button to switch on i can hear the machine running for about 2-3 sec and then shuts off again. I also noticed that if i reset my SMC (holding down Cmd, option, shift and power) it does switch on usually without the need of it being plugged in - however the date and time needs to be set everytime and Im sure there is a better way than resetting my SMC every time my MacBook decides its time to die on me again. I am guessing the fault lies with a faulty motherboard or battery but im not sure. Im about to open my MacBook for the first time yet Id like to avoid it if I can.
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Has anybody experienced this before or have any advice on this?
Regards

Hi there
I have a macbook pro that switches off randomly (happens sometimes when i move/transport it), and sometimes it only turns on when plugged in. When not plugged in and i press the power button to switch on i can hear the machine running for about 2-3 sec and then shuts off again. I also noticed that if i reset my SMC (holding down Cmd, option, shift and power) it does switch on usually without the need of it being plugged in - however the date and time needs to be set everytime and Im sure there is a better way than resetting my SMC every time my MacBook decides its time to die on me again. I am guessing the fault lies with a faulty motherboard or battery but im not sure. Im about to open my MacBook for the first time yet Id like to avoid it if I can.
I doubt its a software issue although I have installed bootcamp and played a few games here and there that might have caused the machine to become quite hot.
Has anybody experienced this before or have any advice on this?
Regards

Major Issues with installing 4tb internal. Really need advice please

In the process of a long needed upgrade to my 2010 Mac Pro Quad core 2.8 and have run into a serious headache that I really need advice on so I can get back to work. I've already spent 2 days dealing with all of this...
Just did a new SSD install and Migration which went fine but I'm also updating the rest of the internal drives. My main (non boot) drive was being upgraded from a Seagate Barracuda 3tb to a 4th Deskstar NAS (it was showing as compatible with my desktop, see links below). My 3tb ran fine for years but now due to it being heavily used I want to switch to a new drive and I can also use a bit more space.
The issue I'm running into is that initially on boot, my system was telling me it couldn't recognize the disk and it wasn't even showing up in Disk Utility. I had to purchase a SATA USB 3 kit to attach it as an external to get it to show which worked without problem. With the USB kit I was then able to partition it (GUID, Mac OS extended journaled) and format it properly. After reinserting the drive into my tower as an internal it failed to show again. After a few attempts of restarts and trying various bays it popped up but showed as a non formatted drive and I was told again that the system didn't recognise it. I was then given the option to initialise and was then actually able to then format and partition it though Disk Utility while it was installed as an internal.
Figured that was problem solved but when I went to check the drive and getting ready to transfer files over I noticed that Disk Utility was only allowing the First Aid and Partition options but not Erase, RAID, Restore which I'd never seen before. I then also noticed that none of the drive connection info was in the same format nor will it even provide drive bay info, connection info or read/write status (See screen shots). This is what I can't figure out and really need to clarify before I put full trust into using this drive.
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Deskstar 4tb internal info which is installed in Bay 2
3tb Seagate which I trying to retire and transfer from.
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http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/112266/why-doesnt-my-mac-pro-see-my-new -4tb-sata-drive

Best way to manage new library with new hdd. Need Advice.

I am new to this whole aperture thing. i've been reading about aperture for a few months now. there's just so much to soak in at this moment. i'm about to put in a 320gb hdd in my 1st gen mbp and i would like the best or really just the most efficient way to managing my images. what i am trying to do is import all my images (20gbs right now just family/friend stuff) into my mbp on the new hdd. i am also in the process of getting a 30d or 40d for my photo work.
should i partition out the new hdd for aperture or just keeping it one partition. one of my partitions will be for bootcamp. i just dont want to partition it and run out of space in the partition. i also have 2 externals (300gb and 400gb) that i will use one of them for vault?, external backup. im also trying to scan all my film stuff and put it in there and manage that too. i also want to use iphoto too so is there a way to use one library for both without one or the other making doubles?
i read about the manage and referenced masters methods, but i'm still a little confused on it. i would like to know how you guys manage your libraries and how u organized your folders. i read about people setting up raids on their mac pros but i would like to know more about people who doing the managing on their mbps. i running on leopard but are not using time machine. i currently have my folders setup in this way, i.e. 20080224-vacation pics day 1. there's prolly more to ask but i cant think of any right now. any help is appreciated.

On a laptop generally you do want to manage by Referencing image Masters. Hard drives slow as they fill, so at some point - perhaps immediately - you will want your Masters on one or more external Firewire 800 hard drives. OWC <http://www.owcomputing.com/> "Mercury to go" FW800/USB2 drives are a good external solution if you need portable.
A good rule of thumb is not to fill any drive more than 70%, and for best speed keep important drives no more than 50% full.
With Referenced Masters, simply Finder-copy each batch of images to the external hard drive and eject the camera card. Then (after backup of images) from within Aperture Import the images by Reference (when you go to import, on the right hand side of the import window select "Store files in their current location").
Existing images on your hard drive can similarly be imported selecting "Store files in their current location" however personally I would move the originals to an external drive prior to importing into Aperture because trying to keep originals on a laptop drive will sooner or later overfill the drive.
During the import process is a good time to assign all manner of keywords, so take some time in advance thinking about keywording.
Also, I recommend the US$35 tutorial CD Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 2 (Apple Pro Training Series) by Ben Long, Richard Harrington, and Orlando Luna (Paperback - May 8, 2008), Amazon.com. Note that the value is in the tutorial, not in using the book as a manual.
Good luck!
-Allen Wicks

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